Posts Tagged ‘Fonts’
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Complex, Yet SimpleMaking Sense Of Type Classification (Part 1)
- April 17th, 2013
- 17 Comments
In my previous article on Smashing Magazine (“Understanding the Difference Between Typography and Lettering”), I wrote about how understanding type terminology can help us better appreciate the arts of typography and lettering. This article again deals with terminology, probably more specifically than most designers are used to, and the title gets ...
Read more...The Power Of TypographyCreating Exciting And Unusual Visual Hierarchies
- February 26th, 2013
- 5 Comments
Layout, for both print and screen, is one of the most important aspects of graphic design. Designs that extend across multiple pages or screens, whether containing large or small amounts of type, must be carefully controlled in a way that is enticing and is easy for all to access. Careful control ...
Read more...Function Over FormDesigning For The Reading Experience
- February 18th, 2013
- 19 Comments
With the rise of Web fonts as well as affordable hosted Web font services and ready-made kits, typography is reclaiming its title as design queen, ruler of all graphic and Web design. At the same time, for far too many designers, the main concern about typography today seems to be ...
Read more...Beyond The NoiseA Critical Approach To Typefaces
- February 12th, 2013
- 16 Comments
I’ve always wondered, “What is it that makes a typeface or any other design good?” However simplistic this question may seem to typographers, it is a legitimate question many of us are trying to answer. After several years working as a professional type designer, teaching, and running a type foundry, I ...
Read more...The Myth Of Hand-Lettered TypographyUnderstanding The Difference Between Type And Lettering
- January 17th, 2013
- 24 Comments
Coming out of the grunge, graffiti and David Carson era through the 90′s, there has been a major resurgence of interest in typography. We have seen a number of designers and artists make their careers out of designing type or custom lettering, and it has become common to list typography ...
Read more...Helvetica Article RevisitedBeing Fogged in Font Aversion Hinders Sight
- December 7th, 2012
- 30 Comments
Yesterday we published the article “Why Won’t Helvetica Go Away” in which Alastair Johnston discussed the evolution of Helvetica, the reasons for its popularity as well as his thoughts on why designers should start questioning the usefulness of Helvetica in their projects. Hours later Indra Kupferschmid published an article in ...
Read more...History Of TypefacesIndustrial-Strength Types
- November 2nd, 2012
- 16 Comments
The Industrial Revolution gave us a new iron age, one of cast iron, which a devotee of Vulcan told me he thought was the highest achievement of man — or, as he put it, “the hairless ape.” In the 18th century, cast-iron bridges sprang across British rivers such as the ...
Read more...New High-Quality Free Fonts
- July 20th, 2012
- 47 Comments
Every now and then, we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice out there is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and ...
Read more...New High-Quality Free Fonts
- January 9th, 2012
- 49 Comments
Every now and then, we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and find them ...
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